Henry Austin (20 October 1920 – 15 May 2008) was an Indian politician, diplomat, and former state and federal government minister.
[1] He also traveled abroad as an Indian representative to lobby for support of India's position during the Bangladesh Liberation War.
However, he failed in his re-election bid in 1980 due to a dispute with Xavier Arackal, a Congress Party member who was a supporter of Indira Gandhi, which split the Congress Party[1] Austin also became a minister in the government of former Prime Minister of India Charan Singh.
[1] He was in charge of civil and food supplies, a position which was the equivalent of the rank of state minister.
He was also the prime mover to get the Ernakulam Bypass sanctioned and in developing the South and North railway stations.
[1] He was buried at the Infant Jesus Roman Catholic Church Cemetery in Kochi, India.